ST. FRANCIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS Date established August 1986 Date and type of registration Ministry Of Youth, Sports & Culture National Aids Secretariat NAPS Primary contact person Jennifer Amerally, Secretary of Club Address, telephone and email East Side Line Dam, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice, Region #6 337 4090 337-4091 email:- sfcd@futurenetgy.com Secondary contact person Alex M. Foster, President of Club Address, telephone and email Same as above. Number of active members 19 members and 21 Advisors Number of paid staff 11 (eleven) full time Number of regular volunteers Estimated annual budget Main sources of funding of activity Aims and Objectives:- Hundreds at any given time and this increase with demands. Depending on number of projects. Last year 2003 over $50 M. Donor community mainly international, income generated, fund raising, donations, grants, skills training opportunities. Region # 6 and # 5. The Club also works with groups from Region #4, 10, 3 1. To encourage and support the educational and moral upliftment of residents in target communities. 2. Provide recreational facilities for exercise, sports and to minimize anti-social behaviour among youths. 3. Reinforce better family life by using religion as a foundation. 4. Reduce the incidence and impact of drug abuse by reinforcing self-worth and selfdevelopment. 5. Facilitate the establishment and operation of small business ventures as a means of selfemployment. 6. Provide skills training in various job related areas. 7. Reduce the cost of basic commodities through cooperative efforts of the members of the Club and associated organizations. 8. To provide a supporting and enabling environment for persons affected by HIV/AIDS, STIs and their families while executing community responsive projects/programmes. 9. Provide visionary leadership for community development by encouraging community initiative, democratic participation and mobilization of community resources for responsive actions to reverse the decline in the quality of life. 10. To support families and children at risk with responsive support, care, empowerment, empowerment opportunities and an enabling environment to cope with social issues.
Main subject areas of activity or programmes x Economic/income generation x Health x Social services/welfare x HIV/AIDS x Sports x Welfare and relief x Education/training x Culture and art x Professional x Physical improvement of community x Environment x Counselling x Housing x Poverty reduction x Student/youth issues x Disabled x Agriculture x Women s issues x Advocacy x Employment x Violence x Legal services Other explain: Consultancy, networking community groups Major projects in last two years, including current projects Project #1 Name/Goal Family, Youth and Children At Risk Phase II December, 2001 On going 1. Providing counselling services hotline and face to face on daily basis. 2. Operating a coordinating office along with eleven sub-offices in Region # 6. 3. Providing limited legal aid support to families in crisis. 4. Training community leaders and public sector workers to deal with social concerns. 5. Providing educational opportunities to residents so that a wider state of empowerment can be achieve and active participation. 6. Supporting over sixty NGO s and public offices to aid project objectives. 7. Manage a voluntary counselling and testing centre. 8. Providing an organised resource centre, Internet café, and training facilities in Region # 6. 9. Security technical support for project implementation through major formal networking system. 10. Managing umbrella organisation. Friends of St. Francis that coordinates efforts. UNICEF, Food for the Poor Guyana, Canada Fund, President Youth Choice, Guyana Voluntary Consultancy, Peace Corps, Income generations and donations. Project theme or sector Family, Youth and HIV, AIDS STI s 1. American Peace Corps. 2. UNICEF 3. USAID 4. PSI 5. Food for the Poor, 6. NAPS 7. President (VCT) Youth Choice
8. Ministries of Health Education and Human Services Region #6 and #5 The project commenced with Port Mourant as the pilot community but today we are networking with over 60 creditable organisations and our efforts have international impact. Project #2 Name/Goal St. Francis Community Developers Outreach Project. 1. Empowerment of NGO s to access funding for activities. 2. Securing funding or assisting with project identification, documentation and implementation. 3. Creating skills training and technical empowerment opportunities for residents. 4. Establishment the physical facilities to deliver social services. 5. Creating the foundation for effective management and sustainability. 6. Establishing the physical facilities/environment for sustainability and growth. 7. Sharing the success of St. Francis for the last eighteen years. Donor community Fund raising Income generation Donation Project theme or sector Government Private sector NGO s Residents of project area. National and International The success of project is so outstanding that it ensured Club won three national awards, three Commonwealth Awards, several other status/certificates for performance and ensures that Club is presently accredited to the United Nations in New York. Project #3 Name/Goal Sustainability, Management and Business Plan 1. Training programmes and workshops for staff, leaders and volunteers. 2. Establishment, development and management of economic ventures such as public restaurant, printing section, catering etc. 3. Implementing the framework for continuity of efforts by documentation of findings, experiences and methods. 4. Streamlining management systems 5. Securing funding and technical support for expansion and sustainability.
Canada Fund Self Project theme or sector Sustainability and group capacity building. Peace Corp Guyana Professional Social Workers Friends of St. Francis Regional St. Francis and it counterparts are making great headway to document our weakness, strength and possibilities for future actions and have created some amount of sustainability efforts. Project #4 Name/Goal Skills Training Opportunities and Micro Credit. 1. Offering over 25 different forms of skills training programmes. 2. Upgrading physical facilities, equipment, tools and equipment on an ongoing basis. 3. Training an elite and professional group of tutors and service providers. 4. Offering a micro credit scheme in collaboration with CYC1. 5. Expanding physical facilities and planning for future involvement. 6. Coordinating classes and business ventures at several centres for effectiveness. 7. Finding and assisting students to find employment after training. 8. Acquiring support for very poor students. British High Commission Canada Fund Food for the Poor Guyana Project theme or sector Skills training and personal empowerment. Peace Corps Carnegie School of Home Economics Commonwealth Youth Programme DIFD GRPA President Youth Choice GVC FFP
Regional/National On December 5, 2003 our last graduation ceremony 422 students graduated with 652 certificates and a career day with over 30 business offices. Major projects planned for at least next two years Project #1 Name/Goal Establishment of Community Development Village for grass root developers. Presently Next 5 years 1. To acquire adequate land for project implementation. 2. To get enough donors to fund entire project. 3. Construction of fourteen main buildings and supporting features for complex. 4. Trains the professional staff to deliver services. 5. To create adequate sustainability ventures for project upkeep and expansion. International donors Government Self Project theme or sector Reduction of poverty Capacity building, sustainability, training Donors Friends of St. Francis International This will create a training complex to train professional grassroot developers to implement community development activities in a complex environment. Project #2 Name/Goal Enhancement of service delivery to cope with reality/demands. June 2003 1. Review of present activities. 2. Creating an enabling environment to implement findings. 3. Upgrading services. 4. Consultation with beneficiary. 5. Preparing the necessary project documents. 6. Finding and training an elite professional service. Donors Income generation
Technical support provider Project theme or sector Social Services Canadians Food for the Poor USAID/PSI Friends of St. Francis National Only time and lot of hard work will tell. Project #3 Name/Goal Upgrading, expansion and collaboration with government and NGO s nationally. October 2003 1. Establish formal relationships with key partners. 2. To document operations, systems and mode of operations. 3. Finding donors and partners to implement programmes. 4. To get government to accept to NGO s as partners in development. 5. Establishing a physical presence in regions across Guyana. Donors Self Partners Project theme or sector Networking and sustainability Canadian High Commission USAID National To share our success and build on present gains.